Oven for barbecued meats



. Feb. .8,1927.

.1. L. MACOMBER OVEN FOR BARBECUED MEATS Filed Sept. 25. 192

\ JrMCO S Ra Patented Feb. 8, 1927. V

UETE, ATES JAMES iocnnmaooivrnnn, ornns Monvns, IOWA.

OVEN non. ARBnouED Mnars. I

- Application filed September 25, 1926. Serial no; 137,681.

' The object of this invention is to provide 7 an improved construction for an oven especially adapted for use in preparing meats by broiling, roasting. or the like for use in barbecued sandwiches. 1 i

More specifically, this invention has .for'

' its object the provision of a removable horizontally within the housing 10 is a shelf drawer in an oven which is formed with a perforated grate to receivethe fuel, beneath which the currents of air are evenly distributed, together with convenient means for removing the ash from beneath the grate.,

I/Vith these and other objects in view,' rny invention consists in the construction, 7 arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed V out in the claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved oven, portions being broken away to illustrate the interior construction. Figure 2 is a horizontal section the lower portion of the device. Figure 3 is a rear end view of removed from the oven and showing particularly the means for removing the ash. In the construction of the device as shown an oven housing 10 is provided which may be of any suitable dimensions and prefer-' ably constructed of sheet metal;. Arranged 11 of skeleton form on which the meat to be cooked, such as 12, is adapted to be placed. Access may be had to the upper part of the housing by means of hinged doors 13 and 14 at its top. A drawer 15 is removably mounted'in the lower part of the housing and is provided at its front end with a han-I dle 16 by means of which it may be slidably removed and replaced. Arranged within the drawer 15 is a grate 17 which may be of perforated 0r reticulated construction. The drawer 15 is formed at its forward end with air openings 18' which open to the drawer beneath the grate 17 and are adapted to be closed by means of pivoted dampers 19.

In practical use the meat to be cooked is placed upon the shelf 11 and a fire is built on the grate 17 and the drawer is closed.

The dampers 10 are adjusted to admit the through V the drawer [desired quantity of air through the openings 18 to the'lowerpart of the drawer, the 1 air currents passing upwardlythrough the grate ancl'being distributed evenly throughout the grate and the fire thereon. This is advantageous in producing a uniform combustion onthe grate and complete consumption of the fuel, as wellas uniformcooking neath the'level of the grate 17. The open ing 20 normally is closed bymeans of sliding plates 21' arranged in slide bearings 22 on the rear wall of the drawer. Ash which accumulates in the drawer beneath the grate 17 may beremov ed from time totime by tak- 'ing out the drawer, opening theslide plates 7 21 and dumping the ash through the open- 70,

ing 20. I

I claim as my mven't1on,

ably mounted in the lower portiono f the housing, said drawer beingformed with a' l grate spaced above its bottom, means for admitting air-tosaid drawer {beneath said grate together with an ash outlet formed 1. .In anoven, a housing, a-drawer slidin one wall of said drawer beneath the level of said grate.

2. In'an oven, a housing, and drawer slidably mounted in the lowerportion of the housing said drawer being formed with a grate; spaced above its bottom, means for admitting, air to 1 said drawer beneath said grate, an ash outlet formed in one wall of said drawer beneath the level of said grate,

and means for normally closing said ash outlet. 7

3. In an oven, a removable. drawer open at its ,top and. formed with a perforated grate horizontally arranged and spaced above its bottom, air'openin'gs formed in one wall of saidudrawe'r beneath the 'level of said grate, and dampers for regulating the admission of air through said openings, an ash opening formed in the opposite wall of said drawer beneath the level of saidgrate,

and a sliding plate for normally closingsaid ash opening.

JAMES LOCKE MACOMBER' 

